2018

As of 25 May 2018, processing of personal data is subject to new European legislation; the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) . This legislative act is a European Union Regulation, immediately applicable and enforceable in all EU member states. The provisions of the Regulation are…

With the opening of our representative office in at Cambridge Innovation Center (Cambridge, Boston) we are delighted to be closer to our clients to assist them with their IP needs in Europe and China/Hong Kong.
At CIC, AWA will be represented by AWA Innovation amongst others; a business area aimed…

After 120 years, Awapatent now changes its brand to AWA.
“We make this change to have a brand that better reflects the extensive and true full-service offering of intellectual property services that we have today,” says Magnus Hallin, CEO at AWA.
“Services related to patents have, since our founding…

Are you working with development within biotech or pharma? Have you tried it before? How do you gain as much value as possible with a limited budget? Is there any good advice to get for smaller enterprises concerning early development strategies? AWA, Bioneer and Novo Seeds invite you to a…

We are extremely proud to announce that AWA Asia has been ranked as a tier 1 firm by Asian Legal Business (ALB) in three categories as part of their annual IP Rankings, published on 2 May 2018.
AWA Asia received the tier 1 ranking in the China International Patent, China International Copyright/Trademark…

Today, 26 April 2018, it was announced that the United Kingdom has ratified the Unified Patent Court (UPC) agreement. This brings the court another step closer to becoming a reality. The UPC would be welcome news to many of our clients, since it will bring major advantages both in terms of cost…

Managing Intellectual Property’s (MIP) has selected Ai-Leen Lim, Anette Rasmussen and Inga-Lill Andersson as three of the world’s Top 250 women in IP in their 2018 rankings.
Whereas Ai-Leen Lim was listed for the third consecutive year, Anette Rasmussen and Inga-Lill make new additions to well-renowned…

New statistics from WIPO show an all-time-high rate of female inventors as World IP Day celebrates women ‘driving a positive change across the globe’ today on 26 April. The gender gap does, however, still persist.
Women are mostly represented in the fields of biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and chemistry…

Industrial designer Mehrdad Mahdjoubi is shortlisted for EPO’s European Inventor Award 2018 for his invention Oas. Mehrdad’s company Orbital Systems , which was founded in 2012, is a client of Awapatent’s.
His invention Oas, which is the world’s first closed-loop shower, consumes up to 90% less…